ML20244C237

Forwards NRC Insp Rept Confirming That Old RG-58 Cables Determinated,Capped & spared,RG-59 Cables Installed in Place of RG-58 Cables & RG-59 Cables Were Black W/Red Stripe to Indicate That Cables Not Safety Grade.W/O Encl

ML20244C237
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	04/12/1989
From:	Berry G NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
To:	Moore T, Rosenthal A, Wilber H NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
References
CON-#289-8462 ALAB-909, LBP-88-31, OL-1, NUDOCS 8904200106
Download: ML20244C237 (2)

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'89 APR 17 P1 :32 Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Thomas S. Moore  !

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge OF F M. ~- , 4 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety Licensing Appedl* W *- 4 H i-Board Board i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com mission -

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Howard A. Wilber Administrative Judge Atomic' Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D C 20555 In the Matter of PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ET AL. l (Seabrook' Station Units I and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-443, 50-444 On-Site Emergency Planning -O C- )

Dear Administrative Judges:

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'In ALAB-909, the Appeal Board affirmed a ruling by the on-site Licensing Board (LBP-88-31) which granted a motion for summary disposition filed by Applicants. Specifically, the Appeal Board affirmed the L. Licensing' Board's determination thet the RG-58 coaxial cable installed in j the Seabrook Station is environmentally qualified for its intended use.

See ALAB-909, slip op, at 4.

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F The Appeal Board noted, however, that the materials submitted by Applicants in support of their motion for summary disposition did not indicate whether "the substituted RG-59 cable has a color tracing in its jacket that reflects that it does not possess a safety-related fur.ction."

Id., slip op. at 5. Accordingly, the Appeal Board directed the NRC Staff to' verify that the color coding scheme in fact has been observed with respect to the substituted RG-59 cable, I_d .

As the attached inspection report indicates, the Staff has verified that the color coding scheme has been observed with respect to the See NRC Staff Inspection Report No. 50-443/89-01 '

substituted at 9-10 (IRRG-59 cablpg 89-01"). - l'R-89-01 confirms' that: (1) the old RG-58 cables were determinate, capped and spared; (2) the RG-59 cables were installed in place of the RG-58 cables; and (3) the RG-59 cables were black with a l

-1/ On March 30, 1989, a copy of IR-89-01 was served on each of the parties listed on Seabrook Service List.

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